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词汇 FORGETFULNESS
释义
FORGETFULNESS
draw a blank
to fail to remember (something).
I tried to remember her telephone number, but I could only draw a blank.It was a very hard test with just one question to answer, and I drew a blank.
fluff one's lines and blow one's lines; muff one's lines
to speak one's speech badly or forget one's lines when one is in a play. (Informal.)
The actress fluffed her lines badly in the last act.I was in a play once, and I muffed my lines over and over.It's okay to blow your lines in rehearsal.
get sb or sth out of one's mind and get sb or sth out of one's head
to manage to forget someone or something; to stop thinking about or wanting someone or something.
I can't get him out of my mind.Mary couldn't get the song out of her mind.Get that silly idea out of your head!
go in one ear and out the other
[for something] to be heard and then forgotten.
Everything I say to you seems to go in one ear and out the other. Why don't you pay attention?I can't concentrate. Things people say to me just go in one ear and out the other.
gone but not forgotten
gone or dead and still remembered. (Fixed order.)
The good days we used to have together are gone, but not forgotten.Uncle Harry is gone but not forgotten. The stain where he spilled the wine is still visible in the parlor carpet.
let something slip by and let something slide by
to forget or miss an important time or date.
I'm sorry I just let your birthday slip by.I let it slide by accidentally.
on the tip of one's tongue
about to be said; almost remembered.
It's right on the tip of my tongue. I'll think of it in a second.The answer was on the tip of my tongue, but Ann said it first.
slip one's mind
[for something that was to be remembered] to be forgotten.
I meant to go to the grocery store on the way home, but it slipped my mind.My birthday slipped my mind. I guess I wanted to forget it.
such and such
someone or something whose name has been forgotten or should not be said. (Informal.)
Mary said that such and such was coming to her party, but I forgot their names.If you walk into a store and ask for such and such and they don't have it, you go to a different store.
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